Ward 1 & 2 SPF-PFS - the national african american drug policy coalition, INC. (naadpc) will implement the samhsa SPF PFS program to address local substance use prevention concerns, such as…

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the National African American Drug Policy Coalition Inc. $1.488994 million on September 30, 2025, under the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.492) to implement the Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnerships for Success initiative addressing substance use prevention in Wards 1 and 2 of the District of Columbia.

NAADPC will deliver community-based substance use prevention services targeting marijuana, opioid use, and vaping across a population of 165,929 residents in the two wards. The project will provide direct prevention services to 300 youth over the award lifetime and indirect services reaching 28,208 youth. NAADPC will build and strengthen the capacity of local community prevention providers by implementing evidence-based, evidence-informed, and community-defined prevention strategies designed to prevent and reduce substance use initiation and progression, strengthen protective factors, reduce risk factors, build resilience, and promote well-being.

The award runs through September 29, 2030, with work performed in Washington, DC 20008. The program supports prevention and early intervention strategies across states, tribes, and communities through grants and cooperative agreements, with eligible recipients including nonprofit organizations, state and local governments, tribal governments, universities, and service providers.

Ward 1 & 2 SPF-PFS - the national african american drug policy coalition, INC. (naadpc) will implement the samhsa SPF PFS program to address local substance use prevention concerns, such as marijuana and opioid use and vaping in wards 1 and 2 in the district of columbia. The wards 1 and 2 SPF PFS project will build and strengthen the capacity of local community prevention providers in wards 1 and 2 of the district of columbia. The goals are to: (1) help prevent and reduce the initiation and progression of substance use and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of community-based substance use prevention services that strengthen protective factors, reduce risk factors, build resilience, and promote well-being, (2) expand and strengthen the capacity of local community prevention providers, and (3) implement evidenced-based, evidenced- informed, and community-defined evidenced-based prevention strategies. The target population data is 165,929. The total number of youths is 28,208 for indirect services which is 17% of the total population. Over the lifetime of the project, 300 youth will be served in direct prevention services.